For a quaternary reaction separation system having the most unfavorable relativ
e volatility order (
i.e.
the reactant is the lightest and heaviest component
the product is the intermediate component)
an external is introduced between the top and bottom of the reactive distillation column. The seperation for an hypothetic ideal reversible exothermic reaction was taken as an illustrative example to study the problem of the decentralized control system designs. The results show that the reactive distillation columns with a top-bottom external recycle has better closed-loop control performance and stronger controll ability in the face of large disturbances as compared to the conventianal reactive distillation columns due to the fact that the introducing of external recycle enhance the system reaction rate. In addition
the processes have more operating valuable (
i
.
e
.
the external recycle flow rate) compared to conventianal reactive distillation columns; therefore
one can utilize the extra operating valuable to control the product purity. The unique control system can further enhance process closed-loop control performance.
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